Inhaler



' May 1'5, 1923. 1,455,385

E. W. BLACKWOOD INHALER 'Filed Feb. 9, 1921 Patented May 15, 11923.`

UNITED STATES EDWARD W. BLACKWOOD, F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

INHALER.

'Application led February 9, 1921. Serial No. 443,697;

My invention relates to improvements ininhalers, and has for its primary object the construction of an inhaler for administering fumes to the patient for the treatment of catarrh, asthma and all bronchial and pulmonary troubles.

.In the drawings- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my inhaler, supplied with medicine and ready for use;

F ig. 2 is a vertical, longitudinal section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my improvement.

Referring to the drawings:

4 indicates a container made of any suitable material, preferably of glass. The oontainer is provided with an enlarged lower portion 5 and a narrow neck portion 6. Mounted in the top of the neck is a closure 7, provided with a flange 8, adapted to rest on the top edge of the neck portion 6.

Formed in the closure 7 is an opening, and seated in said opening and projecting through the closure 7 is a hollow closure 9.A The hollow closure 9 is provided with a flange 10 which rests on the top edge of the closure 7 The closure 7 is also provided withanother opening 11, through which is inserted a tube 12 which extends down and in close proximity to the bottomof the container 4. rI`his tube 4 is provided with a goose-neck 13, the open end of which is located in the hollow closure 9.

liocated in the hollow closure 9 and surrounding the open'end of the goose-neck 18 is a body of medicated cottonor analogous material, 14.

15 indicates a mouth-piece having a flat-V tened end 16 for insertion in-the mouth of the person being treated,`and the opposite end extends through a suitable opening formed in the closure 7.

l In the practical operation of my improve-v ment, the container 4 is filled with the desired medicinal preparation, as indicated in F ig. 2, which is in the form of a Solution. The closure 7 is then inserted 'in the neck of the container and the tube 12 projects 1 down into the medicinal preparation. yThe mouthpiece 15 isthen inserted into a suitable opening formed in the closure 7,` and then, byinserting into the mouth the ,flat-y tened portion 16 and inhaling, the airwll` be drawn down through the tube 12 and the medicinal preparation andthe fumes will be administered. Y L

The hollow closure 9 directs the airdown through the tube 12 and through the medici- 'i nal preparation.l The body of' medicatedv cottonor analogous material 14 'will strain the impuritiesl out of the air before its passage downward through'the tube A12 and the l medicinal preparation.

j I have found by practical experience that my device is veryv useful and efficacious in administering medicated fumes in they treatment of catarrh, asthma and all'bronchial and pulmonary troubles.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is:

'An inhaler, comprising a container having an enlarged bottom portion and a smaller `neck portion, a closure having a Piange seated in the neck portion,.a hollow closure seated in said first mentioned closure and extending therethrough,4 the bottom j ing closed and the upper closure and having its lower endr located ad-` jacent the bottom of the container, said tube being-provided with a goose-'neck the lower end of which being located in the upperend of the hollow closure and projecting downwardly therein, a body of medicated air filteringmaterial located in the hollow closure and around the downwardlyy projecting portion and open end of said goose-neck, and' mouth-piece provided with a attened end EDWARD W. BLACKWOOD.

end of said hollow closure bef end open, f a tube inserted through the. first mentioned "n 1 

